Winter Reading Games Event 3

While it’s awesome to see trained athletes tearing up the ice in a team sport like hockey, here at the STACKS, it is day 3 of the STACKS Winter Reading Games, and we have to wonder: what would it be like to have an Olympic team made up of characters from our favorite books?

Since hockey is probably the team sport on ice that I understand best, I’m creating my dream sports lineup as a hockey team. My picks?

Percy Jackson, obviously, because he can control water and would therefore be a speed demon on ice.

Clarisse La Rue (of the Percy Jackson series) because she’s super-aggressive and would have no problem knocking out an opposing player.

Betty Bunny because if there were chocolate cake at the end of the pool she would be really fast because she would want to win.
Fancy Nancy because she is very smart and could come up with a lot of ideas of how to win.
Pinkalicious because she would find the best bathing suits for the team.
Poppy Pig because she dreams big.
Ella (Ella the elephant) because she is nice and will make friends with the competition.

I would choose these people:
Nikki J. Maxwell (from Dork Diaries): Sure, she’s not very sporty, but she is pretty good at distracting people, and I think she would be very good at blocking the other team’s shots.

Isabella (from dear dumb diary,): She’s fierce, tricks people, is strong, and if other players come hurling at her she can block them easily because of how big she is.

Matilda Choi (from N.E.R.D.S.) She can fly with her inhaler, knows combat, and is short which means she can go through tall player’s legs easily.

Julio “Flinch” Escala: He is VERY hyper, which means he is very fast, and he also has super strength.

Nicholas St. North (A.K.A. Santa Claus from the guardians series): He’s Santa! Everyone would freak out because they’re playing hockey with Santa Claus when he’s supposed to be in the North Pole so they would just star in awe at him and not play at all. Plus, I think at the end of each game, Santa could give the rest of the team cookies with milk!!!